Wisconsin December unemployment rate dips to 3.0%, matching lowest rate on record
January 19, 2018

Seven years after the last recession, as labor markets tighten across the nation, Wisconsin’s estimated unemployment rate dipped to 3.0%, matching the lowest rate on record, while the state set records for the total number employed.

According to preliminary data Thursday from the state Department of Workforce Development, the number of individuals employed in Wisconsin’s private sector set a record in December, as did the size of the state’s labor force.